Ten Sleep bridge re-opens to all traffic

Date:09/25/2013

10:30

Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2013

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Ten Sleep bridge re-opens to all traffic

Rehabilitation of a bridge on Wyoming 434 in Ten Sleep is nearly complete, and a width restriction has ended, according to Dan McAfee, Wyoming Department of Transportation resident engineer in Worland.

Prime contractor Reiman Corp., of Cheyenne is the prime contractor on the project.

"The bridge re-opened to traffic of all widths today," McAfee said. "We really appreciate the patience of all ranchers and citizens who use the Big Trails Road."

McAfee said single-lane traffic across the Wyoming 434 bridge is still being controlled with a traffic signal, "but concrete barrier has been removed so it is wide enough to accommodate all widths and sizes of traffic. We hope to completely open the bridge later this week."

The $1.8 million contract has a completion date of Oct. 31, 2013. The improvements include bridge rehabilitation on five bridges in Big Horn, Park, Washakie and Fremont counties. Bridge improvements are still under way in Washakie (Ten Sleep), Hot Springs (south of Thermopolis on Wyoming 789) and Fremont (west of Riverton) counties.